[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65604-65605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26250]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

October 27, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s), as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject 
to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a 
valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before December 4, 2008. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or 
via Internet at [email protected] and to Judith-B. 
[email protected], Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to 
[email protected]. To view a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called 
``Currently Under Review'', (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in 
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, 
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of 
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the 
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, and (6) 
when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the 
title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then 
click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about 
this ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
    Title: Sections 53.21 through 52.33, Telephone Number Portability 
(47 CFR part 52, Subpart C), and CC Docket No. 95-116.
    Report No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,990 respondents; 1,990 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-50 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Sections 1, 2, 4, 251 and 332 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,850 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $91,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not 
address information of a confidential nature. Respondents may request 
confidential treatment of materials submitted to the Commission which 
they believe should be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection (IC) to the OMB as an extension during this comment period 
to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission is 
reporting a -8,483 hourly burden reduction and a -$7,000 cost 
adjustment. This adjustment is due to a decrease in the estimated 
number of respondents/responses (from 2,027 to 1,990) that was 
submitted to the OMB in 2005. The annual cost estimate has also 
decreased due to an adjustment of the tariff and cost support 
estimates. In the 2005 submission to the OMB, the Commission estimated 
that it would take approximately 149 hours for the estimate time per 
response. We have reduced that estimate to 50 hours per response. Thus, 
the total annual burden hours have been reduced. The annual cost 
estimate has increased +$7,000 due to an increase in the filing fee 
($720 in 2005) to $775 per tariff.
    Part 52, Subpart C implements the statutory requirements that local 
exchange carriers (LECs) and Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) 
providers provide local number portability (LNP) as set forth in 
Sections 1, 2, 4, 251 and 332 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
(``1996 Act''). The Commission requires the following information to be 
collected from various entities: (1) Requests for long-term number 
portability; (2) petitions to extend implementation deadline; (3) 
tariffs and cost support materials; and (4) recordkeeping requirement.
    (1) Long-term number portability must be provided by LECs and CMRS 
providers in switches for which another carrier has made a specific 
request for number portability, according to the Commission's 
deployment schedule. Wireline carriers began providing LNP in 1998. In 
a Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 02-215, CC Docket No. 95-116, the 
Commission extended the deadline for CMRS providers to offer LNP. CMRS 
providers began offering LNP in 2003.
    (2) Carriers that are unable to meet the deadlines for implementing 
a long-term number portability solution are required to file with the 
Commission at least 60 days in advance of the deadline a petition to 
extend the time by which implementation in its network will be 
completed.
    (3) Incumbent LECs may recover their carrier-specific costs 
directly related to providing long-term number portability by 
establishing in tariffs filed with the Commission certain number 
portability charges. See 47 CFR 52.33. Incumbent LECs are required to 
include many details in their cost support that are unique to the 
number portability proceeding pursuant to the Cost Classification 
Order. For instance, incumbent LECs must demonstrate that any 
incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost support are actually 
new cost incremental to and resulting from the provision of long-term 
number portability. See the Cost Classification Order.
    (4) Incumbent LECs are required to maintain records that detail 
both the nature and specific amount of these carrier-specific costs 
that are directly related to number portability, and those

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carrier-specific costs that are not directly related to number 
portability.
    The information collected and required by the Commission will be 
used to comply with Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-26250 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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